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VoIP is ready for prime time--and it's going to hurt

For many weeks now, tech nomad Peter Cochrane has been experimenting
with Skype. All his telephone calls--Skype-to-Skype, Skype-to-mobile
and Skype-to-fixed line--have been made with headset and laptop
computer.
His mobile phone bill has plummeted from $500 a month to less than $10
a month. He's even purchased headsets for his children and colleagues
and asked them to move to VoIP. Yes, the telecom industry is in big
trouble. But who, asks Cochrane, will pay for the communications
infrastructure if the money is taken out of the industry by services
that charge nothing?
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